Brought into being without consultation

Cast away without consolation

Indoctrinated in self-hate with a crucified sage

Tortured and mind-raped from the tenderest age

In affirmations of pain your young soul is destructed

"Love is agony, that’s why we hurt you son"

Alien in your own skin, no choice but to run

So, why aren't you crying?

Flee as you will, seek the ends of the earth

Yet you'll never escape the crime of your birth

Use the compounds of relief and sweet sticky release

Throw yourself at oblivion boy, but you'll never know peace

Serenade the Grim Reaper, hold the gun to your head

You know you're unlovable, so accept "whatever" instead

You're too evil for Heaven, too saintly for Hell

You can't find sanctuary, so hide in a bullet-proof shell

Umm, why aren't you crying?

Learn to fight, learn to kill, tame the valley of death

But be utterly defenseless against a woman's sweet breath

Have mentors appear so you can learn what you must

After you've been lied to so often that you're unable to trust

You'll never quite fit in, there's always a schism

Since you don't deserve joy you embrace masochism

Pound the nerve till it’s numb, give no quarter to pain

Live your life some how sure you'll always love in vain

But, why aren't you crying?

Lash out at yourself with a razor-sharp bludgeon

Spit in the king's face, spend long years in his dungeon

Construct a lucid fantasy, look yourself right in the eyes

The truth is so bleak that you're forced to tell yourself lies

Be abandoned and betrayed wherever you turn

Feel Faith's foundations tremble as you watch cities burn

You cling to hope with a death-grip, too cynical to dream

Watch in horrified wonder as the world splits on its seams

See your life pass your eyes, a prelude to dying

Set your face in a smile, your last act of defying

Leave everyone wondering why you aren't crying.